T. C. Boyle Quotes

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge - my way of speaking, of dealing with my own issues and connecting with the world.

It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have to talk about your problems.

If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today.

I know for me, music was the best drug for anxiety. So that's why I wanted to write the music that I do, because it always suits my anxiety. It's a huge part of my life, and being able to make music that can help people with their anxiety is a huge thing for me.

If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.

I don't know what anxiety is like anymore.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.

I stress out a lot. Being a perfectionist doesn't help with that!

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.

I always have stress.

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

I think the stress will kill me. I think it will be the stress.

If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded.

I think the greatest gift to me is that I can express myself in songs. It helps me get through some of the hardest times of my life. It also helps me celebrate some of the best times.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

I stress, worry, get nervous and I start to over-think about a lot of things, but I think a little bit of doubt and nervousness always keeps me on my feet.

I write a lot because, if I don't, I start to panic, and I calm down when I write.

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.

Arts can save children, no matter what's going on in their homes.

Sometimes, daily life doesn't match the high stakes that you feel! And I feel like that is wrestling. Wrestling actually makes sense to me.